Xiao Ci didn't seem surprised at all by this answer, but he didn't look good.
But Xiao Ci didn't ask for details, such as whether she got home safely? When did Li Shuhuai come in.
He just propped up his upper body and leaned on the bedside, then found a cigarette and put it in his mouth to light it.
"Mr. Xiao..." Li Shuhuai looked at him worriedly.
He wanted to say that he just had a fever and smoking was not allowed in the hospital.
But Xiao Ci is an absolutely self-centered person. Even if Li Shuhuai says it, he may not be willing to listen, so he hesitates.
"It's okay." I don't know if it was because of the dream or something else, but Xiao Ci still looked very calm.
But the space fell into silence again, and it wasn't until Xiao Ci smoked most of a cigarette that he spoke again: "Go check that Fu Yuchen."
Needless to say, it was also because of Lin Zhiyi that Li Shuhuai responded respectfully: "Yes."
"No!" At this time, a majestic man's voice came from the door, directly covering Li Shuhuai's voice.
The two of them looked for the sound at the same time and saw a man about fifty years old walking in from outside being pushed in a wheelchair.
Although his legs and feet are handicapped, he is very handsome, and his facial features are very similar to Xiao Ci.
It's just that he was supposed to be an elegant person, but he had an extremely sharp aura about him.
"Second uncle." Xiao Ci called out and put out the cigarette.
Xiao Zong'an (Xiao Ci's second uncle) looked at his nephew, looking him up and down, and said dissatisfied: "How long have you been back now, and you have ended up like this?"
"Accident." Xiao Ci replied with only two words.
"What kind of accident do you want to hide from me?" Xiao Zongan looked at him sternly, the meaning of the lesson becoming more obvious.
After Xiao Ci's accident, it was Xiao Zongan who saved him.
Over the years, it was the Xiao Sect who had comforted and nurtured Xiao Ci, so Xiao Ci would generally not refute anything he said.
Xiao Zongan knew that Xiao Ci had a good idea, and just because he didn't speak didn't mean he had listened. However, he still reminded him in a deep voice: "Don't forget that you are back for revenge."
"Second uncle, I haven't forgotten." Xiao Ci said.
"I haven't forgotten why you haven't taken action yet? Instead, you started falling in love? You're not young anymore, and my second uncle doesn't object to falling in love.
But what kind of woman can't you find? Why are you involved with that girl from the Lin family?"
These words showed that Xiao Zongan had already found out everything that happened to Xiao Ci during this period before he entered the house.
"I overestimated my ability and provoked her first," Xiao Ci said.
In fact, if you think about it carefully, the two of them didn't get along for a long time, and there was nothing unforgettable about them, but it was such an ordinary relationship that got into their hearts unknowingly.
Xiao Zongan was immediately unhappy when he saw that he was still defending Lin Zhiyi.
But he didn’t say too much, he just stated his position again: “I don’t care, I’ll just cut it off.
Our Xiao family will not reconcile with the Lin family, let alone accept a daughter from the Lin family as a daughter-in-law."
Xiao Ci was silent.
"What? Or do you think that marrying a daughter from the Lin family to you will be worth the lives of your parents?" Seeing that he didn't speak, Xiao Zhongan asked again.
"Xiao Ci, have you forgotten that you almost died? Your father felt sorry for you at that time, so he took your mother to go underground to accompany you.
The fact that you didn't die is not only because you were lucky, but also because I tried my best."
Isn't he Xiao Ci the most determined? With such deep hatred, how can he be indecisive just because of a woman?
"Second uncle, I haven't forgotten." Xiao Ci said.
His tone was deep, as if all the strong emotions were hidden under a plain appearance.
This was the Xiao Ci that Xiao Zongan was familiar with. He finally calmed down a little, and then he remembered to care about him and softened his tone: "Come, let me take a look at the wound."
"It's nothing." Xiao Ci said indifferently.
"Be careful in the future, my...uncle will feel sorry for you." Xiao Zongan stretched out his hand halfway, then took it back unnaturally.
"Yeah." Xiao Ci responded nonchalantly.
Their uncle-nephew relationship has always been like this, and it would look very awkward to normal people.
Only Xiao Zhongan and Li Shuhuai knew that since the kidnapping, Xiao Ci had been extremely repulsive to others, especially Xiao Zongan.
And between their uncle and nephew, the thing they talked about most over the years was revenge, and it seemed like there was no other topic besides these.
"Mr. Xiao, our appointment with Dr. Du is coming soon." Xiao Zongan's assistant spoke at the right time.
Xiao Zongan nodded slightly and said to Xiao Ci: "Have a good rest."
"Are you... feeling uncomfortable?" Xiao Ci was not good at caring either.
"It's an old problem. Just get some medicine and it will be gone. You don't want to worry about these things." Xiao Zong'an said.
His health has been bad, but Xiao Ci only knew that he was not good because Xiao Zongan never let Xiao Ci know about his condition.
Xiao Ci is well aware of this and never deviates from the norm.
Xiao Zhongan gave his assistant a look and asked him to push him out...
--Dividing line--
As for Lin Zhiyi, she did leave in the middle of the night, and asked a nurse to take care of her while Xiao Ci was in a daze due to fever.
It was almost dawn when I returned to the apartment. I was afraid of waking up Lu Xining so I walked slowly. I lay down on the bed but couldn't fall asleep.
Later, she took a nap for some reason, and when she woke up, Lu Xining had already gone to work, leaving breakfast for her on the table.
Although she had no appetite, Lu Xining thought that when he came back in the evening and saw that she hadn't eaten, he would nag her again, so he put them in the microwave.
The doorbell rang at this moment. Lin Zhiyi opened the door in confusion and saw his brother Lin Zhiyan standing outside.
"Why didn't you go to work?" Lin Zhiyan walked in and asked.
"If I go to work, can you still see me now?" Lin Zhiyi followed him and asked.
He looked rude and completely lacked the intimacy and respect of the past.
Lin Zhiyan frowned and glanced at Lin Zhiyi before sitting down and asking, "Did you see Xiao Ci again yesterday?"
It was okay if he didn't mention it, but Lin Zhiyi would be more dissatisfied when he mentioned it.
But she could still control her emotions at the moment, so she only said seriously:
"Brother, I will definitely do what I promised you, but please stop making your own decisions and interfering too much in my love life."
Lin Zhiyan knew that she was referring to Fu Yuchen's matter, so he said sincerely: "Zhiyi, I just--"
"Do it for me." Lin Zhiyi cut off his words, as if she knew exactly what Lin Zhiyan said.
She then added: "I know that you have loved me the most since I was a child, but sometimes the best thing you think you give me may not be what I want."
"Zhiyi..." Lin Zhiyan didn't know what happened to their brother and sister?
We have obviously had a close relationship since childhood, but now we have become separated by many things.
"I know where my path should go, and I know which path is easier.
Don't deliberately arrange anything, it may be counterproductive." For example, regarding Fu Yuchen's matter, she only felt burdened.
"Okay." Lin Zhiyan agreed.
The two of them didn't stay in Lin Zhiyi's apartment for too long. The main reason was that Lin Zhiyi was not willing to face Lin Zhiyan now, so he made an excuse and went directly to the studio.
The news about Fu Yuchen's visit to the Bund has been trending on the Internet for several days.
Of course, what everyone was most curious about was the woman he was "dating", but because the person involved kept silent and the media didn't dig into any deeper information, the heat finally dissipated.
Lin Zhiyi and Xiao Ci never saw each other again after that day, and their lives continued as usual.
Until after work that day, when Lin Zhiyi walked out of the studio building and was about to walk to his car, he heard a honking sound in his ears.
She turned her eyes in confusion and saw the window of a car parked on the roadside rolled down, revealing a man's handsome face wearing sunglasses.